vineyards
'Hundred Days' Is a Smart, Ultimately Poignant Game About Winemaking
A management sim equal parts cozy, instructive, and critical of big business—even if somewhat accidentally.
How to Make Wine without Any Equipment
Take a few cues from these Provençal winemakers who have been doing it for years. All you need are glass jars, and somewhere to bury them.
Vandals Drained $500,000 Worth Of Wine From an Italian Estate
The vandals who broke into the Conte Vistarino vineyard in the dead of night last week dumped wine from a variety of white grapes, including pinot grigio, riesling, and chardonnay.
Experts Say It Won’t Be Long Until Britain Has as Many Vineyards as Europe
Get ready to drink pinot grigio made in Newcastle.
Meet the Falcon-Whisperer of Napa Valley Wine Country
Rebecca Rosen makes a living off protecting vineyards from berry-eating pests with the help of trained birds of prey.
How One of the World's Hottest Cities Became a Hub for Grape Growing
Surrounded by mostly barren desert, the Chinese city of Turpan looks like a Mad Max wasteland, where temperatures regularly climb above 110 degrees.
What Killed These Three Vineyard Workers in California’s Central Valley?
United Farm Workers—America’s largest farm workers union—is reporting that the three farm workers who died last week on three separate vineyards in California were suffering from undue heat exposure.
Angry French Farmers Poured 90,000 Bottles of Spanish Wine Down the Drain
Farmers protesting foreign food imports at a border crossing between France and Spain ransacked five Spanish wine trucks this week, draining the equivalent of 90,000 bottles.
Hordes of Feral Hogs Are Tearing Up Italy's Most Prized Vineyards
Wild pigs are gluttons for Italy's grapes and sprouts, and so are deer. The two species are doing between US$11 million and $16 million in damage every year in Italy’s iconic Chianti region.
How the Weed Industry Is Affecting California's Vineyards
The problem for winegrowers in California is that no one wants to pick grapes anymore. Instead, the usual migrant workers now seem to prefer being “trimmigrants.”
Napa's Most Famous Winemaker Rides a Helicopter to Work
Heidi Barrett, a winemaker at over half a dozen different wineries in the Napa Valley, is the woman behind some of California's best cult wines.
England Loves Wine So Much That It’s Making More of Its Own
Applications to open vineyards in England rose by more than 40 percent last year, and Brits are ready to show off their chops when it comes to winemaking—especially bubbly.